THE AVIATORS OF HUDSON STRAIT | What Was It Like to Fly the Arctic in the 1920s? | NFB

A look at early Canadian aviation, through film footage shot by the Royal Canadian Air Force and the recollections of retired Air Vice-Marshal Thomas A. Lawrence, leader of the 1927-28 aerial survey expedition to Ungava Bay and Hudson Strait. The formidable challenge of flying under Arctic conditions, the hazards faced and the emergencies solved, often with the help of Inuit, make an absorbing chapter of northern frontier history.

1973 | 28 min

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